STUDY THE SAFETY BEHAVIOR IN SCAFFOLDING INDUSTRY ...

STUDY THE SAFETY BEHAVIOR IN SCAFFOLDING

INDUSTRY

KOVALAN SUBRAMANIAM

MASTER OF SCIENCE (OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND

HEALTH MANAGMENT)

UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA

April 2013

STUDY THE SAFETY BEHAVIOR IN SCAFFOLDING INDUSTRY

By

KOVALAN SUBRAMANIAM

Thesis submitted to

Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business,

Universiti Utara Malaysia,

in Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Master of Science (Occupational

Safety and Health)

DECLARATION

I declare that all the thesis work described in this dissertation is my own work (unless

otherwise acknowledged in the text) and that none of the thesis work has been previously

submitted for any academic Master programs. All sources of quoted information have

been acknowledged through references

Date: Student Signature :______________

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PERMISSION TO USE

In presenting this thesis as partial requirement for the Master of Science(Occupational

Safety and Health) in University Utara Malaysia, I agree that the University may make it

freely available for any inspection of the findings in the course of work and express their

discretion. I further agree that the permission for copying of this thesis in any manner i.e.

in whole or part here in, for scholarly purposes, may be granted by my supervisor, or in

his absence, by the Dean of College of Business. It is understood by law that any copy or

publication of this thesis in full or parts thereof meant for the use and purpose of financial

gain shall not be allowed without my written permission. It is also understood that due

recognition shall be given to me and to the University Utara Malaysia, should any material

from the thesis be made for scholarly use and further research.

Request for permission to copy or make use of the materials in this thesis either in whole

or in part shall be addressed to

Dean of Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate school of Business

Universiti Utara Malaysia

06010 UUM Sintok

Kedah DarulAman

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ABSTRACT

Occupational safety is often related with productivity, reputation and profit. Many factors

that are attributed to workplace accidents and safety behaviour have received little

attention in occupational safety studies instead unsafe behaviour of the employees at

workplace is deemed to be the major cause for almost all accident cases in the industrial

scope. More attention has been focused on the workers safety behaviour in compliance

with the workplace safety than determining actual hazardous scope of work and finding

effective measures to reduce fatality at workplace. We are astounded by the fact that,

limited studies have been focused on scaffolding industry although this scope of work

contributes quite high accidents in the construction industry. It is reported by the Social

Security Organization of Malaysia that the most prevailing accidents in the construction

field is the slip and fall type. This study will identified factors that affect employee’s

safety behaviour in scaffolding industry. Among the factors that will be discussed and

analysed are safety policies, rules and procedures; safety communication and feedback,

and finally safety training and PPE use training. The measurement tools that were adopted

are from published work of previous researchers. The target respondents were the scaffold

work related employees, currently working with the Shell Refinery at Port Dickson. A

total of 120 respondents, choose at random had been distributed to the sample for the

study consisting of four variables. Quantitative method using availability sampling used

was applied in this research. The data gathered from the survey were analyzed using

Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 11.0.1. The response to the survey

were rated according to the Likert scale type with “1” indicated strongly disagree and “6”

indicated strongly agree. The factors analysis indicated the numbers of factors extracted

from this study was the same as those extracted from previous studies. This study showed

that safety policies, rules and procedures; safety communication and feedback, and finally

safety training and PPE use training was co-related to safety behavior in scaffolding

industry.

Keywords: Safety behavior, Safety policy, Safety communication, Safety training,

Scaffold

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ABSTRAK

Keselamatan pekerjaan sentiasa berkait rapat dengan produktiviti, reputasi dan

keuntungan. Banyak faktoryang menyumbang kepada kemalangan di tempat kerja dan

tingkah laku keselamatantidak menerima perhatian yang sewajarnyamengikut kajian

keselamatan yang dilakukan sungguhpun tingkah laku yang tidak selamat mejadi

penyumbang terbesar kepadakes-kes kemalangan yang berlaku dalam bidang industri.

Malahan, lebih banyak perhatian telah ditumpukan kepada tingkah laku keselamatan

pekerja dalam memastikan keselamatan di tempat kerja. Walaupun laporan Organisasi

Keselamatan Sosial Malaysia menyatakan bahawa kerja-kerja memasang perancah

menjadi penyumbang kemalangan yang agak tinggi dalam industri pembinaan khususnya

kemalangan akibat tergelincir dan jatuh dari perancah,namun, tumpuan dan perhatian yang

diberikan terhadap kajian industri perancah adalah terlalu rendah dan masih mempunyai

ruang untuk penambahbaikan urusan tingkah laku keselamatan. Kajian ini dituju untuk

mengenal pasti faktor-faktor yang menjejaskan kelakuan keselamatan pekerja dalam

industri perancah. Antara faktor yang dibincang dan dianalisis adalah berkenaan

keselamatan dasar, peraturan dan prosedur; komunikasi keselamatan dan maklum balas,

dan latihan keselamatan dan latihan penggunaan PPE sebagai penyudah. Alat

pengukuranyang diguna dalam kajian ini adalah sama dengan alat pengukuran yang telah

diterima pakai oleh kajian-kajian yang diterbitkan penyelidik sebelum ini. Sasaran

responden terdiri daripadapekerja-pekerja yang secara tidak langsung terlibat dengan

kerja- kerja pembinaan perancah di Shell Penapisan di Port Dickson. Seramai 120 orang

respondendipilih secara rawak untuk sampel kajian yang merangkumi empat

pembolehubah. Kaedah kuantitatif dan kaedah persampelan telah digunakan dalam kajian

ini untuk memperolehi butiran yang lebih terperinci. Data yang dikumpul daripada kajian,

dianalisis dengan menggunakan Pakej Statistik Untuk Sains Sosial (SPSS) versi 11.0.1.

Responatau reaksi kaji selidikdinilai mengikut jenis skala Likert dengan angka "1"

menunjukkan amat tidak setuju manakala angka "6" menunjukkan sangat setuju. Analisis

faktor menunjukkan bilangan faktor yang diekstrak daripada kajian ini adalah sama seperti

yang diekstrak daripada kajian sebelumnya. Kajian ini menunjukkan keselamatan dasar,

peraturan dan prosedur; komunikasi keselamatan dan maklum balas, dan latihan

keselamatan dan latihan penggunaan PPE berkaitan dengan tingkah laku keselamatan

dalam industri perancah.

Kata kunci : Keselamatan tingkah laku, dasar Keselamatan, komunikasi Keselamatan,

latihan Keselamatan, Perancah

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DEDICATION

This thesis is dedicated to my parents Mr.Subramaniam and Mrs Mariammal who

have supported me all the way since the beginning of my studies.

Also, this thesis is dedicated to my wife Mrs.Rajeswary, my cute daughters Arsvini

and Komathy who has been a great source of motivation and inspiration.

This thesis also dedicated to my brothers, sisters, and also to my all family

members who have supported me all the way since the beginning of my studies.

Finally, this thesis is dedicated to all those who believe in the richness of learning.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Many people have provided valuable inputs into this dissertation the list is endless.

However, I would like to note down and thank the following wonderful persons:

First and foremost, I would like praise and thank God for giving me the strength, patience,

courage and ability to complete this thesis without any distraction.

Next, I would like to extend my special thanks and gratitude to my supervisor,

Mr.Lukman for his comprehensive guidance, insight and encouragement in the writing

and completion of this thesis. His support and patience throughout the journey is

immeasurable and the appreciation is extended from the bottom of my heart.

To my boss at RM Leopad Sdn Bhd, Mr.Sivaji Rajah who was very supportive and such

and understanding person. At times, he granted my leave when my presence in the

department was most needed and i am really grateful for his understanding.

To my colleagues at RM Leopad who provided inputs and shared their expertise in

management best practices especially Mr.Gunalan. Also, to my classmate in this program,

Mr.Sathia segaran, for sharing his thoughts and comments during this master studies. I

would also like to extend my appreciation to them for their continuous support and co-

operation. They deserve a lot more than mere words and I wish to thank them for

supporting my initiative from the beginning and for having offered me their valuable time

and efforts in making this thesis writing possible.

Finally, I wish to record a million thanks to my parents Mr.Subramaniam and

Mrs.Mariammal, my ever loving wife Rajeswary, both my daughters (Arsvini and

komathy) and such lovely family members who have been insistent in me pursuing my

studies. Thank you for all the support, guidance, love, care and most of all for the trust,

confidence and belief you all had in me throughout the years.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE

Declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Page I

Certification of project paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Permission to use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

Abstrak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dedication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

List of Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X

List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Xi

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.1 Company’s Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.2 Background of the Study and the Research Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.3 Problem statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.4 Objective of study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.5

1.6

Significance of study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The scope of study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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1.7

1.8

Limitation of study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.0 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.1 Studies on employees safety behaviour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

2.2 Definitions of variables constructs of study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

2.2.1

2.2.2

2.2.3

2.2.4

Safety behaviour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Safety policy, rules and procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Safety communication and feedback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Safety and PPE use training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2.3

Theories on Safety Behaviour Attributes; Safety Policy, Rules and

Procedures; Safety Communication and Feedback; and Safety

and PPE use Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2.4

2.3

Review of Previous Research Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.4.1 Safety behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.4.2 Safety policy, rules and procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.4.3 Safety communication and feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.4.4 Safety training and PPE use training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

3.1 The Research Framework and the Hypotheses of the Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

3.2 Statement of Hypothesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

3.3 Instruments scales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

3.3.1 The selection of survey instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

3.4 Population and sampling size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

3.4.1 Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

3.4.2 Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

3.5 Data collection method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

3.6 Questionnaires Reliability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

3.7 Data analysis techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

3.7.1 The reliability analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

3.7.2 The Descriptive analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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3.7.3

Conlusion

Pearson correlation analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER 4: RESULTS

4.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

4.1 Summary of Data Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

4.1.1 Number of Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

4.1.2 Normality Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

4.2 The Demography of Respondents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

4.3 Pilot Test and the Reliability of the instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

4.5 Descriptive Statistics of variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . …. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

4.6 Test Results for Research Hypotheses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

4.6.1 Hypothesis 1, 2, and 3 using Correlation analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

4.7 Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER 5: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

5.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

5.1 Hypotheses Testing Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1.1 Safety behavior is associated with safety policy, rules and

Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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5.1.2 Safety behavior is associated with safety Communication and

Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1.3 Safety Behavior associate with Safety training and PPE use

training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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5.2 Research Contributions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.2.1 Theoretical Implications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.2.2 Practical Implications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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5.3

5.4

Limitations and Future Research Directions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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REFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

APPENDICES

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Appendix A

Information sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Appendix B

Questionnaires’ Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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LIST OF TABLES

Table Title Page

Table 1.1 Worst major industrial accidents in the world since the last

100 years 5

Table 1.2 Total accidents and industrial accidents in the Malaysia from

the 2006 until 2011 6

Table 1.3 Industrial accidents by sector from 2008 until 2011 7

Table 2.1 Fatal accidents in Hong Kong due to problematic scaffoldings

(all types) 22

Table 2.2 Total number of accidents reported in various business sectors

In Malaysia. 23

Table 3.1 Safety Behavior Scale 44

Table 3.2 Safety policy, rules and procedures scale 44

Table 3.3 Safety communication and feedback scale 45

Table 3.4 Safety and PPE use training scale 46

Table 4.1 Summary of Survey Distribution and Response 52

Table 4.2 Details of the data normality assessment for safety behavior 52

Table 4.3 Details of the data normality assessment for Safety Policy, Rules

and Procedures 53

Table 4.4 Details of the Data Normality Assessment for Safety

communication and Feedback 54

Table 4.5 Details of the Data Normality Assessment for Safety Training

and PPE use Training. 55

Table 4.6 Profile of Respondents by Gender 57

Table 4.7 Profile of Respondents by Age 58

Table 4.8 Profile of Respondents by Ethnic 58

Table 4.9 Profile of Respondents by Working Experience 58

Table 4.10 Profile of Respondents by Education Level 59

Table 4.11 Reliability Coefficients for each Variable 60

Table 4.12 Questionnaires instruments 61

Table 4.13 Mean and standard deviation for variables 62

Table 4.14 Pearson Correlation ‘r’ Score Interpretation 63

Table 4.15 Correlation Matrix among Variables 64

Table 4.16 Results of the analysis 65

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LIST OF FIGURES

Table Title Page

Figure 3.1 Constructs of the Safety behaviour 41

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CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.0 Introduction

This chapter focus specifically on the safety behaviour in multi level employees involved

in the scaffolding industries especially in the oil and gas field. The factors and challenges

faced by the scaffold industry in safety behaviour are explained in this chapter. This

chapter provides accurate information about the objectives, pertinence of research and

benefits which will be useful to the management of the organization to identify accidents

that occurs due to the cause of safety behaviour. This chapter would also justify the main

factors attributed to cause for unsafe behaviour among workers and management staff.

The study of this research is certain to benefit all scaffolding organizations in their

operational management as per their vision and mission.

Scaffolding is a temporary structure and temporary working platform used to support

people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures.

There are a few types of scaffold structure such as independent tower, bracket tower,

scaffold tower supported by building, suspended scaffold and trestle scaffold (Factory and

Machinery Act 1967-Building operation and works of engineering construction safety

regulations). In Malaysia, scaffold used in almost all construction area such as high rise

building, petrochemical industries and also in offshore works. All scaffolding erections

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